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[debnade]

Hi Jim, welcome to the site. I know nothing about spotting scopes, so I can't help with advice on that, but I'm sure you will get lots of other advice from other members.

Hope you enjoy being a part of this very friendly site.

Debs xx

[nightshade]

Hello Jim,sorry cannot help with the scope,I have an Opticron Piccolo cheapie for occasional use (£50) very good for what it is, welcome to wild about

[canonman]

Hi Jim
Warm welcome to WAB, I'm sure your going to enjoy this site, there a great lot on here.
Look forward to you posts and pictures
Mick

[cherrybee]

Hi Glen and a very warm welcome to WAB from me too

[Beryl]

Hi there.Welcome to the wab

[glenbuck]

Originally Posted by Deer Stalker

Hi Glen. Welcome to WAB. Ive got An Opticron HR66 ED. It was I bit of a price but worth it. Some camera shops now do them & try out as many as you can before you buy.

thanks for the help Deerstalker what kind of money are you talking about?

[rlchew]

Hi glenbuck

A warm but belated welcome to WAB from me too!

Richard

[Wolfhill]

Hi Glenbuck and welcome to WAB.
Fergus

[Deer Stalker]

Originally Posted by glenbuck

thanks for the help Deerstalker what kind of money are you talking about?

The body was about £400 as it was the 'ED' model. The 28x eye piece I got with it was worth £149, then I forked out another £169 for a 18-54x eyepiece. Then there was the tripod - another £100. Alot of money, but I'll never need to buy another one......unless I drop it! If you got any money left I'd also say to get one of those carbon fibre tripods. Mines aluminium & can get I bit heavy.......not that I'm a wimp or anything. I chose mine from a survey in one of bird watching mags a few years ago where they compared similar ones against each other & rated them. Hope I've been some help.